March 23, 1972
1h 43m
EN
Saul Swimmer
A film about the first benefit rock concert when major musicians performed to raise relief funds for the poor of Bangladesh. The Concert for Bangladesh was a pair of benefit concerts organised by former Beatles guitarist George Harrison and Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar. The shows were held at 2:30 and 8:00 pm on Sunday, 1 August 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, to raise international awareness of, and fund relief for refugees from East Pakistan, following the Bangladesh Liberation War-related genocide.
Eric Clapton
Self
Bob Dylan
Self
Leon Russell
Self
Billy Preston
N/A
24
Self
George Harrison
Self
Ravi Shankar
Self
Ringo Starr
Self
Klaus Voormann
Self
Claudia Lennear
Self
Apple Corps
GB
20th Century Fox
US
U.S. Committee for UNICEF
N/A
